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Left in Colorado worried about education reform they can’t control 12 Apr 2013 | 05:50 am
Defenders of the status quo, as well as self-styled progressives, appear to be worried about education reform in Colorado that they can’t control.
Teachers union official: Charter schools in Colorado “a segregation tool” 28 Mar 2013 | 08:31 pm
Tony Salazar, executive director of the Colorado Education Association – the union that represents 38,000 teachers and others in the state – told WhoSaidYouSaid.com that charter schools in Colorado ha...
Real school choice: when the dollars follows the child 23 Mar 2013 | 04:40 am
"...When it comes to education, let the Democrats extol the virtues of our hopelessly antiquated one-size-fits-all factory schools where the child follows the dollars," said Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., ...
Jonah Goldberg: How conservatives should promote school choice 20 Mar 2013 | 07:53 am
"...One of the things conservatives really have to work better at is explaining to people that school choice and issues like that aren’t simply ways to break the backs of teacher unions," said Jonah G...
Heath: Proposed Colo. tax hike for K-12 a bite of “the elephant” 10 Mar 2013 | 12:00 am
Official numbers have been hard to come by regarding a proposed rewrite of Colorado's school financing, but the best estimates show property and income taxpayers from wealthier areas picking up a disp...
A Q&A with John Carson in DougCo: fighting for school choice 7 Mar 2013 | 08:49 am
The Douglas County Board of Education won a big victory last week, with the Colorado Court of Appeals ruling in favor of the Choice Scholarship Program that has been tied up in court for nearly two ye...
Union-backed protests outside DougCo School Board 23 Feb 2013 | 09:10 am
Prior to the Douglas County Board of Education meeting, a small protest of about one dozen people took place in front of the Board offices in Castle Rock.
Carson: Cuts were made “at the top” in DougCo schools 20 Feb 2013 | 04:50 am
"In 2008, there were 71 central administrators in this school district. Today, there are 55. And I think that's a tremendous reflection of the fact that the cuts are being made at the top so we can pu...
School choice and reform not owned by a political party 15 Feb 2013 | 09:13 am
Education reform is increasingly defying partisan boundaries. Here are some examples from the Democratic side of the aisle...
Carson: DougCo economic growth to lead to “a lot more students” 9 Feb 2013 | 09:12 am
John Carson, president of the Douglas County Board of Education, recently discussed job growth and the potential effect on school enrollment, as well as observations from the recent AA+ Fitch rating o...
